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Cyberstamp Weekend

27 July, 2009 4 Comments

Yesterday I shared the 3D item I presented for a challenge on the ESAD Cyberstamp  Weekend.

Well on Saturday my good friend Lisa gave us a colour challenge of Ridinghood Red, More Mustard and Bordering Blue – not her usual colours and not mine either for that matter!

ClassicStarsESADCCCC1I started off with this idea using the Classic Stars Jumbo Stampin Round.

I am not overly happy with the finished card – what do you think? Maybe it might have been better if I had used More Mustard as the base card? I was limited with the amount of More Mustard cardstock as I only had one A5 piece and a couple of off cuts. Must remember to order some More Mustard cardstock with my next order!

After making this card I decided to have another go and wanted to use a stamp set that hadnt been inked before – I still have sets from my April pre-order that I havent used! Just dont tell hubby ;)

So I grabbed the Le Jardin Botanique stamp set and started playing … and I came up with these two cards …

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I was soooo much happier with these cards. I quite like the Ridinghood Red and More Mustard together and managed to work these cards so I could make two from the one piece of More Mustard. The eyelet border punch gives these cards a little elegance as well.

I really enjoyed the weekend sharing and stamping with the girls from ESAD and it was great to get to know a few that I didnt already know apart from their name and email address.

If you are an Aussie Stampin Up! demonstrator and would like to either learn more about ESAD please feel free to email or ring me for more information.  Or maybe you’d like to  join the group then insert your email address and click on the join button below.

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Fifth Avenue Lilies

23 July, 2009 13 Comments

The Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set has to be one of the favourites at the moment – I just love it and I love everything I’ve seen made with it.

TollLilliesBajaBlackI had some time to play the other day while my girls were at the School Holiday program at church. I pulled out the Fifth Avenue Floral set as I really havent used it much since getting it in April.

I saw this layout for a card somewhere in the last week or so (if its a case of yours please email me so I can link to you and give credit where credit is due!)

Its a lovely simple layout and makes such an elegant card.

The actual Lily is ‘paper toled’ in that there are three levels to the flower to give it more dimension. I’ve stamped it three times onto Whisper White using Basic Black Classic Ink and just lightly sponged the baja breeze ink using the sponge daubers (one of my recommended ‘must haves’) and layered the top two layers using stampin dimensionals.

The patterened paper is from the Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Papers which I’ve just used the eyelet border punch on. The Kiwi Kiss patterned paper is from the Urban Oasis Designer Series Papers.

I’ve used the black grosgrain ribbon and attached a button from the Button Bouquet Designer Buttons and the sentiment comes from the On Your Birthday stamp set which is a great set full of different birthday greetings.

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As I was making this card I checked this week’s challenge on Stampin Up! Late Night Stampers yahoogroup which was to create a card in Black and Pink so I used this same design but using  just Pink and Black.

Here is my card for this challenge – as you can see its the same card in pink tones.

It makes a lovely elegant card in either colour dont you think?  I must say that I do think that a combination of any colour and black makes it a lovely elegant card.

Now we have a cyberstamp weekend for our ESAD group – thats our group for Extra Special Australian (Stmapin Up!) Demonstrators and we’ve had our first challenge set by the lovely Mel Sharp so I’m off to create a card for that and my Diva Sketch Challenge due on Saturday.

Have a great night and dont forget to make some time for YOU! If you dont know how to have fun with paper then give me a call and I’ll show you just how much fun it is!

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Great Friend

15 July, 2009 6 Comments

The school holidays are here and that means the kids are off school for two weeks and then hubby decides he’ll take a week off too so needless to say I didnt think I’d get much done this week!

Well we’ve managed to rearrange two rooms in an effort to get everything I need for my Stampin’ Up! creations and  business into one room – well we have done it and most of the things have found a place and no doubt I will rearrange the spots till I’m happy with everything and then no doubt I’ll want to rearrange again!

saffronfriendI wanted to share with you today a card I cased from the very lovely Patty Bennett.

She shared a card she was making for her Stamp A Stack’s this month and I just had to case it and use our new Great Friend set from the upcoming Spring Mini Catalogue.

Recipe:

Stamps: Great Friend, You and Moi
Cardstock: Basic Grey, So Saffron, Whisper White
DSP: Walk in the Park (Spring Mini Catalogue)
Ink: Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

This is such an easy and elegant card and one that is very quick and simple to put together.saffronfriendflat

Its made a little different to my normal cards as the ‘base’ card is just a piece of A6 Basic Gray Cardstock. The So Saffron layer is actually the part that opens – so just a little different to the regular card.

Here’s a photo of the card flat so you can see the Basic Gray behind the So Saffron.

A very quick and simple card and perfect for a Stamp A Stack.

Thanks to Patty for the inspiration!

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Thoughts Box

30 June, 2009 7 Comments

You might remember the little 4×4 Desktop Box set I shared the other day using the Upsy Daisy set.  Well since I finished that I wanted to make one of these sets for our standard A6 cards and then the June Colour Challenge was announced for our ESAD (Extra Special Australian Demonstrator) Yahoogroup so thought I’d combine the two!JuneColourChallengeESAD

The colour challenge set by Alisa was to use

  • Chocolate Chip
  • Creamy Caramel
  • Cameo Coral
  • Ridinghood Red

Here’s my little Desktop Organiser.

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I’ve used the above colours and the lovely Thoughts and Prayers stamp set, Friendly Words Stampin’ Round and a couple of our awesome punches to make this cute little boxed set.

The template for the box came from Paper Trey Ink Timeless Templates. Although you have to pay for the templates there they are all very well formatted and come with pages and pages of design ideas and all for just a mere US$5 so money well spent – well I think so anyways. I did have to adjust it slightly to fit our cards in it. Lauren has many more templates to choose from as well. DesktopSet

Here is the full set that I made consisting of the box, cards and envelopes.

As you can see this makes a great present and you can change the set just by using different greetings and colours. I can see a few of my hostesses getting one of these sets when they hold their next demonstration.

Here’s a close up of one of the cards so you can see them in closer detail

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I’ll be running a class for these desktop organiser’s during July so please contact me as soon as possible to reserve your spot or if you can get at least 5 friends together I’ll come and run the class at your house.

I am also offering a special bundle along with this class for the month of July and August ….

Desktop Thoughts Box Bundle – valued at $111.85 for just $100

  • Thoughts & Prayers stamp set
  • Eyelet Border Punch
  • Chocolate Taffeta Ribbon
  • Earth Elements A4 mixed cardstock
  • Cameo Coral Stampin’ Write Marker
  • Creamy Caramel Stampin’ Write Marker

So get on the phone or email me today to arrange your class or book in for mine.

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Chocolate Motif

9 April, 2009 5 Comments

Today I wanted to share with you a card I made yesterday. I gave this as a thank you to a friend for holding a demonstration for me.

I have a few new stamp sets to create and share with you and I just love the Friends 24-7 set. Besides I needed another bird set to replace my beloved Touch of Nature.

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Although it doesnt have a butterfly in this set it does have a lovely bird, flower and this motif I used in this card.  It also has a couple of lovely sayings. Six wonderful stamps in this set for just $45.95 and they are all diecut so quick & easy to assemble and play with!

If you look closely at this card you will see that I’ve used the motif to also make the background on the Chocolate Chip card.

You might also notice the 1/4″ Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon which I am very happy to have back in our 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue.

I’ve also used the new eyelet border punch to create the piece under the striped designer series paper. I have made the ‘lace’ using the punch and vellum.

The sentiment stamp comes from the Occassional Greetings stamp set.

I was very happy at how this card turned out and will now have to find a current Designer Series Paper pack to create it with.

Have a great day and go grab a latte and put your feet up for a bit before the kids get home from school!

singlelattesig

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